There are good brands that are very accurate by 99%, some can be wrong though. That is why they say if it comes out negative then take it again in a few days, it all depends on the hormones it catches in your urine. Its the best way to find out rather than sit there and wait for your period to come and take a guess that your pregnant.

Home pregnancy tests are accurate to the extent they can be. How accurately they are used also affects the results.

Some tests indicate you are to use your first urine in the am which would contain the strongest content of pregnancy hormone...But you may have gotten up at 4:30 in the morning to go to the bathroom, then tested at 7:00 in the morning.

If your fingers touch the pad where you are to test the urine, that may affect the accuracy.

You may be testing too soon to tell.

You may think you see the "pink circle" or the "double lines" or the "check mark" indicating a positive result...

Lots of factors come in to play.

From what I have read and been told, home preg. Tests are very accurate as far as positive results. Getting negative results is a bit more tricky, you may not be picking up enough hcg yet to read positive.

Hi all the tests I have taken have worked just fine, I think they are rarely wrong when giving a positive answer. Took a digital one with this preg and that seemed to be the best for me because you didn't have to attempt to find the faint lines.

Hi,
i am not sure if this is the correct place for my question; am new here. I have a 9 month old baby. My period has not started yet, after her birth. 6 weeks ago, I took a home pregnancy test, which showed a negative result. I want to know if the test works as normally in my case now as it would if I were having my period regularly. Does the fact that I am nursing my baby interfere with the test's accuracy?
Thanks!

Hi pinta,

from what I understand, it is harder to get pregnant while you are breastfeeding you may find that you don't have any periods until you are down to two or three feeds daily. However there may also be the occasional day of spotting. Also you may show a false positive on a pregnancy test for up to 3 months after giving birth. But if you think you are keeping taking the tests!